The Transpersonal Caring Moment: Evolution of High Ordered Beings

2003 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 31-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carey S. Clark,
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Chaos Theory ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Equilibrium States ◽  
Integral Approach ◽  
Bifurcation Points ◽  
Technological Interventions ◽  
Human Caring ◽  
Contemporary Health Care

This paper will examine chaos theory, bifurcation points, non-equilibrium states, and the unity of transpersonal interconnectedness in relation to patients’ disease processes and the utilization of Jean Watson’s theory of human caring. An explanation of the nurse’s ability to participate in a transpersonal caring moment and how the nurse’s caring presence facilitates patients toward higher levels of evolutionary order will be offered. Adiscussion regarding the impending paradigm shift within contemporary health care will elucidate the nursing profession’s need for an integral approach to nursing education and practice, one where both medical-technological interventions and holistic-humanistic-caring approaches are equally valued and enacted.

scholarly journals Conscientious Objection: A Talmudic Paradigm Shift

2020 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 639-650
Author(s):  
Rabbi Jason Weiner
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Conscientious Objection ◽  
Paradigm Shifting ◽  
Contemporary Health Care

AbstractConscientious objection remains a very heated topic with strong opinions arguing for and against its utilization in contemporary health care. This paper summarizes and analyzes various arguments in the bioethical literature, favoring and opposing conscientious objection, as well as some of the proposed solutions and compromises. I then present a paradigm shifting compromise approach that arises out of very recent Jewish bioethical thought that refocuses the discussion and can minimize the frequency with which conscientious objection is required.

APRN Survey on Roles, Functions, and Competencies

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judy Honig ◽  
Janice Smolowitz ◽  
Arlene Smaldone
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Comprehensive Care ◽  
Clinical Settings ◽  
Columbia University ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Doctor Of Nursing Practice ◽  
Educational Preparation ◽  
School Of Nursing

Nursing education is undergoing a major transition with a shift in advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) educational preparation from a master’s degree to the clinical doctorate that is targeted to be fully implemented by 2015. This paradigm shift in nursing education is expanding the role and scope of APRNs. Some doctor of nursing practice (DNP) programs for APRNs focus on the provision of comprehensive care to a panel of patients. These APRNs with DNP (DNP/APRN) programs in comprehensive care expand master’s preparation to prepare expert clinicians who are knowledgeable about individuals’ health care needs across the life span; to practice in all clinical settings; to analyze and interpret evidence as the basis for health care choices; and to engage patients in a collaborative relationship to provide continuous, coordinated services that include health promotion, disease prevention, and definitive disease management in all clinical settings (Smolowitz, Honig, & Reinisch, 2010).Nursing has a unique opportunity to track this new DNP/APRN subgroup from its inception using systematic and structured data collection. With this paradigm shift in nursing education, the role and scope of APRNs will continue to evolve. We developed a survey that could be distributed nationally to DNP/APRNs to (a) track roles and competencies of doctorally prepared nurse clinicians in relation to comprehensive care and (b) identify performance measures and quality indicators for delivery of comprehensive care. The purpose of this pilot study was to test the survey on a sample of master’s prepared APRN (M/APRN) and DNP/APRNs engaged in faculty practice at the Columbia University School of Nursing.

The Role of Caring in Contemporary Health Care

1991 ◽  
Vol 36 (10) ◽  
pp. 871-872
Author(s):  
Linda Baumann
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Contemporary Health Care

scholarly journals Development and Application of a Web-based Integrated Support Service Program for Infertile Women

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. 004695802110285
Author(s):  
Jummi Park ◽  
Nayeon Shin
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Support Service ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
Health Care Information ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Infertile Women

Online-based infertility education provides a health management system to patients using electronic information and technology and no face-to-face interaction with patients and experts. This is a study to develop a web-based integrated support service system to meet the health care and nursing needs of infertile women. To develop a system that is most suitable and practically helpful to infertile women, who are end users of this system, research was conducted. This education system consists of introduction to women’s health care, information on women’s health, information on organizations for women, community for infertile women, and request for consultation for health management and nursing education of infertile women. This study introduced and applied a user-centered design that maximizes the value of use by first understanding the user’s convenience and needs when developing a program.

Empowering Nurses: Communicating Potential Medication Misuse

2021 ◽  
pp. 107839032110286
Author(s):  
Kelly A. Carlson ◽  
Corey E. Potter
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Interdisciplinary Communication ◽  
Health Care Team ◽  
Nursing Leadership ◽  
Care Team ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Prescription Medications ◽  
Medication Misuse ◽  
Education Practice

BACKGROUND In nursing education and practice, we prepare nurses on topics such as patient care, pathophysiology, pharmacology, nursing leadership, and nursing competencies. Unfortunately, we may be missing the mark when it comes to integrating these topics and applying them to situations that arise in health care such as medication misuse. Nurses work intimately with patients and can recognize potential medication misuse by reviewing medication regimens and assessing necessity of PRN patient requests. In cases where nurses suspect misuse, they may or may not feel comfortable addressing these concerns with other members of the health care team. AIMS Study aims were to assess the baseline of whether nurses are comfortable with their level of skill to recognize potential patient medication misuse and to assess nurses’ comfortability with communicating these concerns with other nurses, providers, and patients. METHODS This survey study was designed to obtain practical information about nurses understanding of misused and diverted prescription medications and level of comfort with expressing concerns about the use of central nervous system depressants to inform education, practice, and research. Three-hundred and fifty nurses at one hospital were invited to participate in an anonymous REDCap survey. RESULTS Thirty-five percent of the surveyed nurses returned the survey. Responding nurses were more comfortable sharing their own knowledge and the need for more education on the topic than they were discussing interdisciplinary communication. CONCLUSIONS Empowering nurses to communicate this knowledge with others on the health care team has major public health implications to reduce the negative outcomes of misused medications.

scholarly journals The situation of nursing education in Latin America and the Caribbean towards universal health

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Helena De Bortoli Cassiani ◽  
Lynda Law Wilson ◽  
Sabrina de Souza Elias Mikael ◽  
Laura Morán Peña ◽  
Rosa Amarilis Zarate Grajales ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Clinical Decision Making ◽  
Clinical Experiences ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Universal Health

Objective: to assess the situation of nursing education and to analyze the extent to which baccalaureate level nursing education programs in Latin America and the Caribbean are preparing graduates to contribute to the achievement of Universal Health. Method: quantitative, descriptive/exploratory, cross-sectional study carried out in 25 countries. Results: a total of 246 nursing schools participated in the study. Faculty with doctoral level degrees totaled 31.3%, without Brazil this is reduced to 8.3%. The ratio of clinical experiences in primary health care services to hospital-based services was 0.63, indicating that students receive more clinical experiences in hospital settings. The results suggested a need for improvement in internet access; information technology; accessibility for the disabled; program, faculty and student evaluation; and teaching/learning methods. Conclusion: there is heterogeneity in nursing education in Latin America and the Caribbean. The nursing curricula generally includes the principles and values of Universal Health and primary health care, as well as those principles underpinning transformative education modalities such as critical and complex thinking development, problem-solving, evidence-based clinical decision-making, and lifelong learning. However, there is a need to promote a paradigm shift in nursing education to include more training in primary health care.

A Novel Framework for Reflecting on the Functioning of Research Ethics Review Panels

2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Macduff ◽  
Andrew McKie ◽  
Sheelagh Martindale ◽  
Anne Marie Rennie ◽  
Bernice West ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Research Ethics ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Health Care Research ◽  
Ethical Review ◽  
Review Panel ◽  
Ethics Review ◽  
Research Ethics Review

In the past decade structures and processes for the ethical review of UK health care research have undergone rapid change. Although this has focused users' attention on the functioning of review committees, it remains rare to read a substantive view from the inside. This article presents details of processes and findings resulting from a novel structured reflective exercise undertaken by a newly formed research ethics review panel in a university school of nursing and midwifery. By adopting and adapting some of the knowledge to be found in the art and science of malt whisky tasting, a framework for critical reflection is presented and applied. This enables analysis of the main contemporary issues for a review panel that is primarily concerned with research into nursing education and practice. In addition to structuring the panel's own literary narrative, the framework also generates useful visual representation for further reflection. Both the analysis of issues and the framework itself are presented as of potential value to all nurses, health care professionals and educationalists with an interest in ethical review.

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